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Nearly 1.2 billion shares and $14 billion traded yesterday in CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. The top currency trader has more than doubled his money making over $333,000 since currency trading began. Check out Sue Herrera's currency tips here and for daily currency updates, go to http://www.cnbc.com/id/22618039.
Contest Widely Helds and Actives:
The top currency trader is currently among the top 5 participants in the contest.
Although the most actively traded currency pairs are the EUR/USD, USD/JPY, and GBP/USD, contestants continue betting on the USD/CHF, as well as the GBP/JPY
Investors will closely follow Fed Chairman Bernanke's views on monetary policy and the overall outlook of the economy during the semiannual monetary policy in Washington today at 10aET.
The euro [$$EURUSD Loading... ()
] hit an all-time high of $1.6036 per US dollar Tuesday morning ahead of Fed Chairman Bernanke's testimony Any unlikely signs that the Federal Reserve might tighten its monetary policy could be bullish for the US dollar.
Sirius Satellite Radio [SIRI Loading... ()
] continues to lead in the Widely Helds, followed by Raid Aid (RAD)
Ambac Financial [ABK Loading... ()
] maintains its top spot in the Most Actives, closely followed by Washington Mutual (WM), Sirius (SIRI), Freddie Mac (FRE), and Level 3 Communications (LVLT)
Industrials represent 35% of the top Widely Helds, with Financials at 25%
Sample of Top Trades in the Leaderboard:
- Canadian Solar [CSIQ
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] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 18.49%
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Republic Services [RSG
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] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 13.84%
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Silver Standard Resources [SSRI
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] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 8.35%
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Goldcorp [GG
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] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you made 5.74%
Sample of Losing Trades from the Leaderboard: Dominated by Airlines & Financials
- US Airways
[LCC
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] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you lost -12.39% - Continental Airlines
[CAL
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] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you lost -7.42% - PacWest Bancorp
[PACW
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] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you lost -9.46% Blue Coat Systems [BCSI Loading... ()
] if you bought on Friday before 4pET and held/sold on Monday, you lost -6.57%
Bets for today (July 15th): Dominated by Energy, Precious Metals, and Fertilizer Producers
GMX Resources [GMXR Loading... ()
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James River Coal [JRCC Loading... ()
] Washington Mutual [WM Loading... ()
] Rangold Resources [GOLD Loading... ()
] Royal Gold [RGLD Loading... ()
] Mosaic [MOS Loading... ()
] CF Industries [CF Loading... ()
] UAL Corp [UAUA Loading... ()
] Elan [ELN Loading... ()
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It's not too late to get started. You can still get in the game to win the grand prize or one of these great
weekly prizes . Click here to play.
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